The Given

CHAPTER THREE√ Is it her?

Given's POV.

2 days later.

" I won't give myself to you". The guardian of the deceased cracked a horrible cackle" you are a tough kid" he summoned a beast. It was average sized to my 8 year old frame of mine but the horror rested on its features. Its face seemed like a split cave with sprouts of green spurting out. Its fangs two feet long, and its built up full of hard muscles.

The guardian cackled" have fun young boy, let's see for how long you can hold up". He motioned for the beast to attack and i with no weapon at all, stood as I watched it hungry for blood come at me.

I cursed silently as I took another shot of liquor down my throat. She's fucking human. I swore she didn't smell like one, nor look like one. When I heard her scream as I passed by the forest, it took me off guard. What is a girl doing in the core of the forest of Gizah? But her eyes. I took another shot. Her brown chocolate eyes marched her curly brown hair. Her skin tone was also dark highlighting both her feminine features. Her plump lips drawing attention from within me.

But then it occurred to me she was human. A filthy low life human! But it was too late, I had already passed my energy in her body. A curse as they called it. Abilities that come with a cost. By the time she started convulsing due to waves of pain marking the change taking in her body, I knew she would never make it. Not an ounce of pity shook my heart. Humans were meant to suffer. To suffer for their evil deeds.

" Why are you in such a foul mood Master?" Delia closed in staring at me with thoughtful eyes. Behind her came two other of my " children". Not by birth but I recruited them, mended them into powerful characters by gifting them. Ramon and Elijah sat around me. I ignored them. Ramon was a werewolf and he could smell something off.
" is that a human scent am catching?" He asked his eyes wide in shock, so were the others. They knew how much I hated humans. And fuck its been two days and the smell never left my body. Delia who was also a werewolf sniffed and stared at me.

" Fuck off " I snapped at them. Elijah closed his eyes as he tried to study my internal energy and gasped" Master, you have a new recruit?" The others stared at him." What do you mean?" Delia asked." He has used his energy to gift someone. To recruit as what he did to us". Ramon was the noisy one" is it a human? But-".
I growled" it doesn't matter. The human is dead anyway". I took another shot. "What if the human survives?" Ramon asked and I glared at him. His blond sand hair matched his blue eyes. He was the youngest recruit. I couldn't blame for acting like a kid but he really knew how to get into my nerves.

" she is dead!" I snapped and stood to leave. Ramon froze on his spot" it is a she!". I cursed myself for letting that information slip my mouth. Ramon always had a thingy about treating women like a delicate thing. " listen, she won't make it. She is human , she can't handle the amount of energy in her system".

Elijah is a ghoul who was exiled. Meeting him in harsh times I took him in. I stood.
"Let's go back to my flame, I've been on the road for way too long". I walked away not giving a side glance. Why should they worry about a filthy human. They deserved worse than the fate of that girl.

Passing down the town of people cowered from me. They either turned from the direction I was heading or simply ran. Of course they should, I am the demon prince and I was known for my rash acts, inability to forgive and harsh punishments. Even a glance at me was a sin.

The city of Ave was a flourishing city but it never touched my heart. I was fully aware of the horrors taking place both in day light and night. A small part of me wondered about the young girl but I knew that she was dead. And I was the killer. Dead on my bloody hands, just another one in thousands who died .

When we were just outside the city,heading towards the flame I heard screams. It was an everyday thingy so I kept on walking. The screams were disturbing and people ran in every direction. Then I sensed it. We both did and we stopped in our tracks.

" isn't that-" Delia trailed off staring at us, me specifically. We both sensed dark energy, the same that radiates from me. Without a second doubt we headed towards the screams and what we found there froze us.

Dead bodies were scattered on the ground. Each with its own way of dying. One had strangled himself to death while another one had continuously banged himself on the wall. The other one stabbed on the eye. It wasn't a scene we weren't used to but we were curious to know who caused it. As if on cue, a girly scream broke out, higher than any sound in the midst of the chaos. It sounded angry and pissed.

She was just metres from us, her curly brown hair covered her face. Her once yellow dress was now covered in blood and mud, badly ripped by what looked like claws or hands. I couldn't pin it. she had really bad wounds both her on arms, back and chest just above her left breast. Like she had been through hell which was funny since I've been there.

Her stare lingered on a man and in seconds, the man swayed an axe slashing his knee with a sickening crunch. Ramon let a high pitched scared sound and she turned to us.

" oh" Was all I could conjure as I was speechless. The once brown chocolate eyes were now replaced with dreadful black eyes. The human was glaring at me. "You dare show yourself before me!". She said. What the- I thought. She didn't even move her lips yet I heard her voice in my head. It was hoarse but still melodious." Its her isn't it?" Ramon asked stepping behind not wanting to be glared at. I walked towards her, she concentrated on me but then she looked confused. I smirked, whatever she was doing to other people it wasn't working on me.

I grabbed her hand and she fought me, with little strength she had." Your a monster! Let go of me". I pulled her anyway. She jerked her arm from my grasp and slapped me hard on the face. That was it. I could hear my children hold in there breaths fearing what was going to happen to her. Even I did.

"No one, especially a filthy fucking nobody human dares touch me. Yet you- " I took a deep breathy shake trying to control my anger. She slapped me again. She really was asking for death, and a horrible one indeed. I could hear Delia and Ramon growl.

" Do you know what happened to me when you left me there?" she whispered staring at me. She even dares look at me in the eyes. I caught her by the throat. My energy flaring dangerously " I don't care what fucking happens to a human like you" . She tried fighting back but I pressed hard over the pressure spot and she fell limply in my arms. Filthy, smelling blood and death. I let her fall to the ground with a thud. "

Now am really looking forward to arriving at the Flame palace." With that, I walked forward. She will never go unpunished, I'll make sure next time she attempts to slap me again. She would rather head to hell than do it. I smiled crookedly and motioned that they carry her. She was going to regret ever meeting me.

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